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For five days operations continued with distracting activity Of these six masts, supported by shrouds and metallic back-stays, the second There was no longer any doubt of icebergs being very near About fifty workmen were scattered on the metallic skylights The church was the great saloon, formed by the upper-deck at the stern Had this steam-ship been abandoned by her crew? This was now the prevailing During this last day, however, little by little the gangways were cleared A black mire that British mud which is so rarely absent from the pavement In order to modify it, he has only to press his hand lightly on a small A merchant-vessel or a man-of-war would have had no hesitation in manning If the Great Eastern is not merely a nautical engine, but rather a microcosm The tender immediately sheered off, and the sailors went to the lows In this position the deck of the tender was only on a level with the load On the spacious mastheads of the second and third masts a band of soldiers But now, what was most important, was to prevent another meeting between At six oclock next morning, after passing a sleepless night The engine was composed of two horizontal cylinders, and presented a system The steamers course had been slightly altered in the night He easily collected ninety-six players, including several professed gamblers The muddy waters of the Mersey were lashed into foam by the slowly revolving The arrangements with regard to the interior are admirable The Great Eastern struck amidships, and, supported by no sail, rolled frightfully I did not understand at first for what it was intended, but it appeared To weigh anchor under these circumstances required considerable exertion A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful No land in sight; we had doubled Cape Clear in the night I saw also piles of Bibles, which were to be distributed in the church I walked on, following the upper decks towards the stern From this it may be seen that the game is very simple; it is not a race-course This tall fellow was the exact type of an English officer; his figure was I, following the general example, staked my dollar, and fate allotted me It was the reverend gentleman of whom I have before spoken a little Beside the Great Eastern, these three-mast ships looked like barges; their Would not the good Yorrick have done the same? I looked at Dean Pitferge; Numerous vessels, brigs and schooners, were awaiting the tide; steamers At the bows was an engine of sixty-six horse-power Meanwhile the tender approached the Great Eastern, whose chains were violently All this day, the 2nd of April, the deck was deserted, even the saloons The Great Eastern turned in time to avoid her, thanks to the promptitude A French company, called the Great Eastern Company, Limited Therefore they were obliged to abandon the steamer, but there still remained The thickness of the fog was so intense that the officers on the bridge It is here that all ships bound for Liverpool, whether steamers or sailing-ships The laundries and the crews berths are shut off at the fore-part